Veganuary and dry January are among the new year health kicks enthusiastically endorsed by supermarkets, but this year the buzz is around “Jab-uary” as pricey diet foods aimed at people on weight-loss drugs hit the shelves.
Marks & Spencer,…

Veganuary and dry January are among the new year health kicks enthusiastically endorsed by supermarkets, but this year the buzz is around “Jab-uary” as pricey diet foods aimed at people on weight-loss drugs hit the shelves.
Marks & Spencer,…

Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) is among the stocks with the best earnings growth for the next 5 years. On January 14, Reuters’ Jonathan Stempel reported that bondholders have sued Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), claiming they suffered losses…


China’s total electricity consumption hit a record high of 10.4 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2025, more than double that of the US, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Saturday.
The 5 per cent jump from the previous year marked…

A master’s degree student in China, who has taught hundreds of adults and children to ride bicycles over the past two years and earned 270,000 yuan (US$39,000) from it, recently went viral on social media.
The man, whose surname is Li, is a…

Chocolate eggs are looking smaller than ever this year and it is not just because Easter is still so far away.
Many of the Easter eggs already out on supermarket shelves this month not only cost more, but have been reduced in size or weight as the…
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) today announced it has signed an exclusive Letter of…
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — When Jin Lulu returned from studying abroad, she opened a cafe — not in a glossy mall or office tower, but at the entrance of the 30-year-old Gudang market in east China’s Zhejiang Province.
“I used to come here…

Faisal IslamEconomics editor
ReutersA new year, a new beginning.
The latest monthly figures on the economy hardly confirm a change of gear, but nor do they back up the worst doom-mongers claiming…

Amy Clarke,Londonand
Thomas Magill,London
Lucky SaintAs Dry January gains momentum across the capital,…